Leo 2017 edition: Jill Amery on North Korea

Introduction to Esoteric Astrology, withAdrienne Barkla

Plus all the analysis you need for thelatest eclipse

From the PresidentClearly I suffer from Piscean idealism. I just can’t get inside the heads of those people who

have forced us into a ludicrous postal survey on marriage equality. Some of these people

have even said that the survey will not change the way they plan to vote. So, why are we

doing this?

We, the taxpayers of Australia, are to spend $122 million because of power battles within

the Coalition party room. We are paying this money to help them avoid internal conflict. I

think it’s about time our country’s elected representatives learnt to play nicely together,

and then started making grown up decisions.

A look around the world will show that the sky has not fallen in in the many countries

which already have marriage equality. Countries we might identify with, such as Canada

(2005) and New Zealand (2013) have survived and thrived. Even Mother England, beloved

of the conservatives, came to the party three years ago.

To me, it’s a matter of equal humanity. LGBT+ people should have the same opportunity to

marry, with all the legalities and responsibilities that it entails, as straight people. They

should have the same choice. To protest that they shouldn’t suggests, to me, that they are

being judged as lesser beings. What moral right do we have to make that judgement

about anybody?

The real horror of all this is that LGBT+ people have become scapegoats. Their

relationships and their families have become public property so that anyone with half an

opinion can set themselves up as judge. In fact, we are REQUIRED to judge them. This is

an intolerable injustice and intrusion for some of our most vulnerable people. However, to

boycott the vote would be to give the No case a free kick. I will be voting 'Yes'. August

24th is the deadline for enrolling to vote – encourage anyone you know who is not on the

roll to sign up. Even my 80­year­old conservative cousins have put themselves up on

Facebook with Equality banners. It’s a matter of human dignity.

At our last meeting Joy Usher used images of the god Janus to talk to us about Saturn.

Janus had two faces, one young, one old, could see both the future and the past, and

governed beginnings and endings. Like Saturn, he governed thresholds. Joy looked at the

two consecutive Saturn­ruled signs of Capricorn and Aquarius, the houses they might rule

in a chart and which areas of life might therefore be a problem, depending on the house

and sign of the natal Saturn. It was an interesting and informative talk, presented with

verve and passion.

Next meeting we have a special treat – a return of our ‘One Chart 4 Ways’, this time with

a couple of different speakers, all highly qualified in their fields. Once again they will be

looking at a mystery chart, and you will have the chance to win a $50 voucher for New

Dimensions Bookshop if you can pick whose chart it is. Thanks to Vivien Lowe who has

once again donated the voucher. Don’t miss it – it’s always a great afternoon!

May love and laughter light your days

Cate Whelan

Meeting dates 2017

September 9, 1 Chart 4 Ways: Vivien Lowe,Jill Amery, Adrienne Barkla, Mari Garcia

October 14, Vivien Lowe - Vesta

North Korea: revisitingNeville Lang'srectification

Jill Amery

Jill Amery is an experienced, Adelaide‐based astrologer. Here she tacklesNorth Korea and what the stars may have in store concerning current

global tensions. Jill is one of four speakers at our FAASA lecture, SaturdaySeptember 9

Many of us remember Neville Lang, who was a respected software designer and mundane

astrologer who was Technical Director of Esoteric Technologies, working with Solar Fire

programs. Sadly, he passed away in 2011, but prior to that he made a good connection

with US astrologer Noel Tyl during their attendance at an international UAC astrology

conference, and there he shared his rectification of North Korea’s horoscope with Noel.

In April 2016, after the unusual pace of North Korean rocket and nuclear testing in early

2016, Noel started a discussion on his website forum suggesting that those interested

could try working with Neville’s rectification of September 9 1948, 5:27pm JT, P’yongYang,

North Korea. The date is confirmed by Wikipedia.* This horoscope features a 14 Aquarius

26 Ascendant. (The date and time were previously open to question, as Nicholas Campion

states in his mundane bible ‘The Book of World Horoscopes’ and a range between several

days is given there.)

That chart seems very relevant now with the recent, rapid escalation of tensions between

North Korea, the USA, as well as others in the region. The August 7, 2017 lunar eclipse at

15 Aquarius 25 fell closely on the Ascendant, opposed Pluto (ruler of 9th house of

international outreach) at the Descendant. Pluto = Ascendant is hardly a surprise, as ever

since the Kim dynasty’s ascendancy in 1948 the country has been involved in power

struggles with others, especially its neighbour South Korea, needing to prove their own

empowerment over and over. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s birth date is thought to

be 8th January 1983 (source: Astrodatabank), time unknown – but his Sun is at 17

Capricorn, the location of transit Pluto right now, reflecting extreme empowerment

symbolism at this time.

In that North Korean chart, Saturn from the 7th house quindeciles (165 degrees aspect)

the Ascendant, signifying obsessive control needs, and Saturn rules the 12th house of

secret enemies – there is no arguing with the top level of power and control there –

government officials, family, whoever, are just disposed of (e.g. Kim Jong­Un’s brother who

was killed earlier this year and publicly, with nerve gas) when they become an

inconvenient truth.

Alarmingly, there is natal Uranus at the Aries Point (the “world point” – potential for public

projection). The country’s world image is seen as isolationist, rebellious and autocratic,

reflecting Uranian symbolism. Uranus rules the Aquarian Ascendant and is in hard aspect

(135 degrees) to it. All together, these three mighty and uncompromising planets Saturn,

Uranus and Pluto seem to dominate the country’s horoscope, and we now find ourselves

with nuclear annihilation as a possibility. To add to the drama is a ‘take charge’ Sagittarian

Moon at the MC (opinions needing to be respected) with final dispositor Jupiter in

Sagittarius in the 10th house, ruling the MC.

Alarmingly too, the North Korean Saturn at 28 Leo 48 falls on US President Donald Trump’s

Ascendant, close to his natal Mars. Mars and Saturn are the traditional planets of war

potential. As has been noted by astrocartography practitioners, Trump’s A*C*G Mars rises

at Washington DC and sets through North Korea! So while the initial trigger for Trump’s

bombing reactions in April this year were Syria and ISIS, the sabre­rattling with North

Korea might prove to be more enduring (Donald Trump: 14th June 1946, 10:54am, New

York, USA).

A quindecile (obsession, compulsion, upset, upheaval) from slowest­moving­of­all planet

Pluto to North Korea’s Aries Point Uranus has been in aspect from 2014, coinciding with

the destabilising reign of Kim Jong­Un when he was elected unopposed to the Supreme

People’s Assembly and assumed full power as leader.

North Korea’s Venus in 6th, ruler of 3rd (collective mindset) and 8th (of shared values)

squares Mars at the 9th house cusp (internationalism) and = the Saturn/Uranus midpoint:

“hot and cold; off again, on again; feeling personally limited” (Tyl). Psychodynamically, the

6th house can symbolise how we co­operate (or don’t) with others (derivatively, it’s the

12th from the 7th house) – and Venus in Leo as here, quindecile the Ascendant, will not

appreciate being undermined. The need is to be ‘top cat’ in any competitive situation, and

obsessive­compulsive about it too.

North Korea’s Mars, close to the Lunar Nodal Axis, rules the 2nd house of sense of self­

worth and finances. Many of this country’s people are suffering through starvation while its

leaders play with expensive instruments of war including nuclear weaponry. That Mars by

Solar Arc squares natal Neptune in the 8th house this year (death wish?). Mars and

Neptune often being prominent in terrorist­type attacks by crazed fanatics and zealots.

Mars has arced from its natal placement close to the international 9th house cusp! (A

planet’s natal house symbolism is often brought to the planet being arced to). North

Korea’s Solar Arc Neptune conjoins MC ruler Jupiter this year too, suggesting (in this case)

a lack of realism, delusion and exaggeration.

Transit Saturn is conjunct North Korea’s Jupiter, concluding September 2017 (restrictions

restricted through sanctions) and transit Pluto quindecile Uranus (extreme, deeply­felt

tensions) finishes in November this year, suggesting outcomes could be unpredictable for a

while longer.

The upcoming total solar eclipse on 21st August 2017 at 28 Leo 53 links Trump’s Mars­

Ascendant with North Korea’s Saturn in 7th, as well as China’s MC at 27 Scorpio (China,

with its Libran Sun: 1st October 1949, 3:15pm, Beijing is expected to be the major defuser

in this volatile situation) and the USA Sibley chart’s Moon at 27 Aquarius (USA: 4th July

1776, 5:10pm, Philadelphia), could be conclusive, especially as the eclipse path runs right

through the United States. (Interesting too that the trigger Full Moon eclipse on 7th

August 2017 at 15 Aquarius fell opposite China’s natal Mars in the 7th house!).

In 2018, North Korea’s Moon by Solar Arc will conjoin the Ascendant (“focus on personal

needs and relationships to fulfil them” ­ Tyl). Could there possibly be some mellowing of

behaviour by then, realising they’re better off as part of an international community rather

than being so isolated? Transit Neptune opposes North Korea’s Sun from 2018, together

with transit Uranus opposite their Mars. These varied symbolisms suggest ongoing unrest

and hypersensitivity. So, this scenario might not go away easily, especially in view of the

ongoing tensions in Donald Trump’s horoscope.

Jill Amery

* The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was proclaimed on September 9

1948, with Kim as premier, taken from:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_North_Korea#cite_note­31

Curious about the eclipse?

Here we cover all of your questions, with some links

to three astute astrologers!

Wade Caves gave a lengthy run­down on what it

means from a mundane perspective here.

A little closer to home (and a little shorter!) Ed

Tamplin gives his thoughts here.

And if your interest is in personalised horoscopes for

the eclipse, Chani Nicholas offers some inspirational

affirmations here.

Introduction toEsoteric Astrology

With Adrienne Barkla

Local, practicing astrologer Adrienne Barkla gives a very brief introductionto Esoteric Astrology in preparation for the Mystery ‐ Chart 4 ways

presentation, Saturday September 9.

The field of space is etheric in nature and its vital body is composed of the totality of

etheric bodies of all constellations, solar systems and planets which are found therein.

Throughout this cosmic golden web there is a constant circulation of energies and forces

and this constitutes the scientific basis of the astrological theories ­ 'Esoteric Astrology'

Esoteric Astrology is perhaps the least known and most misunderstood of the astrological

methods. It emerged out of the Theosophical Movement through the writings of Alice A.

Bailey in her series of 24 ‘Blue Books’ which began to be published in the 1920s. The

seminal text 'Esoteric Astrology' is the third of the five volume set 'A Treatise on the Seven

Rays', the others being 'Esoteric Psychology Vols. I ­ II', 'Esoteric Healing' and 'Rays and

Initiations'.

The philosophical framework outlined in the blue books have been variously described as

the Ageless Wisdom Teachings, Trans Himalayan Wisdom Teachings or ‘Tibetan Buddhism

for the West’. It is this philosophical context that defines an esoteric astrologer. It

presupposes the human being as part of an intricate web of energies which descends top

down from the great constellations (Sirius, Great Bear and Pleiades), to the twelve zodiacal

constellations, thence to the planets of our local solar system and, considering the Earth,

to the kingdoms in nature of which humanity is said to be the throat chakra. All these

systems are conceived as ensouled entities, and all are evolving.

The human being is considered a microcosm of the larger systems by the Law of

Correspondences as it is termed, analogous to the Hermetic maxim ‘As Above, So Below’.

The human constitution is many layered and corresponds to the macrocosm reading from

top down as: Monad [Spirit]; Soul [Higher Mind/Higher Self]; mental body; sentient­feeling

[astral] body; and the etheric body which forms the scaffolding of the physical body.

Likewise, we are seen as a system of chakras or seven major force centres which distribute

energy, each with their planetary rulers, such as Venus for the ajna centre, Mars for the

sacral centre, Saturn for the throat, and so on. It is the quality of our individual

consciousness and the refinement of our ‘vehicles’, or energy bodies, that determine the

energies we can attune to and utilise, but they play upon us nonetheless. Graduated

stages of spiritual development are posited, described by what seems rather archaic

terminology to the modern ear, namely; an aspirant on the Path; probationary disciple;

pledged then accepted disciple, and Initiate ­ stages which correspond most clearly to

Tibetan Buddhist teachings and mind training practices.

It is stated that Esoteric Astrology does not deal with the personality life and its affairs but

rather is concerned with the wider life of the ‘Initiate’ and the challenges and opportunities

of a given incarnation to ‘progress on the Path’. Although not everyone pursues mental or

meditative practices, it is reasonable to assume most readers of this article are well

integrated individuals, mentally polarised, aware of the mind­body dynamic, pursuing self­

development, and open to philosophical and spiritual concepts. Whilst generally, I use

modern, humanistic, psychologically orientated astrology and standard predictive methods

in my practice, an esoteric reading or Soul­centered perspective can potentially clarify an

individual’s inner purpose and the outer circumstances through which it is to express.

There are significant differences in an esoteric reading outlined below.

There are two levels of rulerships for each sign, exoteric (modern rulerships) which

relate to the personality destiny and esoteric rulers which come into play when we

become receptive to the subtler and higher energies through contact with the

Higher Self. This is probably esoteric astrology’s most distinguishing feature. The

planets themselves and their constituent lives are at different stages of development

with planets like Venus and Jupiter, for example, considered sacred and others such

as Mars and Earth non­sacred. The meaning of a planet when considered as an

esoteric ruler differs from its usual exoteric meaning, and relationships between the

two rulers can indicate potential areas of personality integration and realignment.

The consideration of the Seven Rays which are said to emanate from the great

constellations through the zodiacal signs and planets and condition all phenomenal

appearance. For example, Aries transmits the 1st ray of Will and Power and its

exoteric ruler Mars the 6th ray of Devotion and Idealism, whilst its esoteric ruler

Mercury transmits the 3rd ray of Active Intelligence. In the case of Taurus

transmitting the 4th ray of Harmony through Conflict, its exoteric ruler Venus,

transmits the 5th ray of Concrete Knowledge and Science and its esoteric ruler

Vulcan (an inter­mercurial etheric planet said to be 8º either side of the Sun in the

natal chart), the 1st ray of Will and Power, giving Taurus its characteristic

‘stubbornness’ or steadfastness in its more refined expression. Here we see why

Esoteric Astrology raises eyebrows – but the human eye cannot see the waves of

energy that move through the ethers connecting our devices and the internet, but

we accept their presence. So, is it so incredulous to imagine a ‘hidden’ planet?

The rising sign is given particular significance as it indicates the spiritual goal and

purpose of the immediate incarnation and of succeeding incarnations. It is said to

contain the ‘secret of the future’.

The sun sign shows the present condition of the person, indicating the quality,

temperament and life tendencies seeking expression during this particular

incarnation. It indicates the personality ray and shows the personality/soul

integration already achieved.

The moon is said to indicate the past and summarises limitation and present

handicaps – one could say unregenerated personality patterns and ties to biological

and inherited karma. It governs the physical body and shows where the evocatively

termed ‘prison house of the soul’ is found. When reorientation of personality

attachments have occurred it is said to veil Vulcan and Uranus and these planets can

be substituted for the moon placement in the chart.

House meanings are quite fluid in esoteric astrology as only the higher

correspondences for material realities for which the houses stand were given for the

first two by way of example, namely for the 1st house, physical body [exo] becomes

the causal body [eso] and for the 2nd house, finances [exo] become prana and use

of energy [eso], or the house of values material or spiritual. The remainder can be

relatively easily derived.

Hopefully this brief outline will serve to set some context for the mystery chart

presentation regarding the esoteric delineation as it is unfamiliar territory for many. And

best of luck solving the mystery at the meeting!

Adrienne Barkla ­ Bach. Arch, M. Art Hist., Grad Dip. Psych., MSE Esoteric Psych. PhDE

Esoteric Philosophy

Adrienne has been practising professionally as an astrologer and psychotherapist for over 25 years.

She studied modern astrology with Astro Logos with Bernadette Brady and esoteric astrology with

ESCEF (Esoteric Sciences and Creative Education Foundation). She was awarded the Allan Johnson

Gold Medal in 1994, being the first South Australian to do so! Specialising in Esoteric Astrology, she

has had a lifelong interest in philosophy, spirituality and wisdom traditions and has taught

numerous courses in these fields, written astrological articles and columns for several publications,

and has organised and lectured at conferences and public forums in Australia and overseas.

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